Tarptautinės socialinio darbo su grupėmis asociacijos 2015 metų apžvalga

1. IASWG Board meeting, Nov. 7th 2015, presented by T. Schmitz-Remberg, co-chair chapter development committee; pictures 123rf

2. An international organization with
17 chapters on three continents
IASWG Board meeting, Nov. 7th 2015, presented by T. Schmitz-Remberg, co-chair chapter development committee, pictures 123rf

3. 11 chapters in USA
IASWG Board meeting, Nov. 7th 2015, presented by T. Schmitz-Remberg, co-chair chapter development committee, pictures 123rf

4. Central Florida
Massachusetts
Long Island, NewYork
Pennsylvania
Minnesota
Florida
Illinois
North Carolina
Southern California
Ohio
Red Apple
IASWG Board meeting, Nov. 7th 2015, presented by T. Schmitz-Remberg, co-chair chapter development committee, pictures 123rf

5. 2 chapters in Canada
Toronto
Frankophon chapter
located in Montreal
(building bridges to other
continents by french
language)
IASWG Board meeting, Nov. 7th 2015, presented by T. Schmitz-Remberg, co-chair chapter development committee, pictures 123rf

6. 3 chapters in Europe
Germany
European
Lithuania
IASWG Board meeting, Nov. 7th 2015, presented by T. Schmitz-Remberg, co-chair chapter development committee, pictures 123rf

7. 1 Chapter in Africa
South Africa
IASWG Board meeting, Nov. 7th 2015, presented by T. Schmitz-Remberg, co-chair chapter development committee, pictures 123rf

8. 17 teams are working hard to
bring active life into their
chapters and their local
regions, all about Groupwork.
IASWG Board meeting, Nov. 7th 2015, presented by T. Schmitz-Remberg, co-chair chapter development committee, pictures 123rf

9. Each chapter has a
board / core team,
which is responsible to
initiate and conduct the
activities. During the
year estimated 85
IASWG members are
working hard to keep
the chapters alive and
colourful!
IASWG Board meeting, Nov. 7th 2015, presented by T. Schmitz-Remberg, co-chair chapter development committee, pictures 123rf

10. Most of our chapters use
social media:
We have 7 homepages
maintained by the chapters
themselves.
We assume an average
visitor amount of 3000 for
each homepage. We
have being reaching
over 21.000 contacts.
IASWG Board meeting, Nov. 7th 2015, presented by T. Schmitz-Remberg, co-chair chapter development committee, pictures 123rf

11. You can find also 5
facebook presences.
Currently these 5
facebook pages are
liked by 383
people.
IASWG Board meeting, Nov. 7th 2015, presented by T. Schmitz-Remberg, co-chair chapter development committee, pictures 123rf

12. Currently one
chapter uses
twitter and has
106 follower.
IASWG Board meeting, Nov. 7th 2015, presented by T. Schmitz-Remberg, co-chair chapter development committee, pictures 123rf

13. Using social media by the
chapters in addition to
IASWG homepage/tweet
our organization is,
roughly estimated,
recognized by 21.500
people/contacts
who are interested
in groupwork and
IASWG.
IASWG Board meeting, Nov. 7th 2015, presented by T. Schmitz-Remberg, co-chair chapter development committee, pictures 123rf

14. Our chapters bring up
interesting topics to
groupwork in different
fields, for academics as well
as for practitioners.
IASWG Board meeting, Nov. 7th 2015, presented by T. Schmitz-Remberg, co-chair chapter development committee, pictures 123rf

15. Using and cooperating with
unique local networks they
organize a lot of events,
workshops, conferences and
tables.
IASWG Board meeting, Nov. 7th 2015, presented by T. Schmitz-Remberg, co-chair chapter development committee, pictures 123rf

16. universities of applied sciences
colleges
schools
agencies
hospitals
universities
alumni networks
cultural
institutions
Networking with local..
IASWG Board meeting, Nov. 7th 2015, presented by T. Schmitz-Remberg, co-chair chapter development committee, pictures 123rf

17. Yoga
Motivational Interviewing
using stories and poems
Forensic Groups
groupwork in prisons
Self-coaching strategies for
groupworkers
new media in groups
Sex and myths in sexuali
topics of workshops, conferences (examples)
exploring the range of support groups
Groupwork in the classroom
humor as method
groupwork with trauma-impacted members
Mindfulness and group work practice
group activities for youth and adults
teaching DBT creatively
evidence based groupwork
using an assets-based model in
promoting/ evaluating youth groups
recovery - oriented GW for clients with serious
mental illness
Task group meetings
Benefits of Group Involvement for Undocumented Immigrant Populations
IASWG Board meeting, Nov. 7th 2015, presented by T. Schmitz-Remberg, co-chair chapter development committee, pictures 123rf

18. And we don´t want to
forget:
annual IASWG
symposium is usually
hosted by a chapter!
e.g. 2016 New York City Symposium
GROUP WORK ACROSS THE GLOBE: BUILDING TRANSFORMATIVE CONNECTIONS
(supported by Long Island and Red apple Chapter)
IASWG Board meeting, Nov. 7th 2015, presented by T. Schmitz-Remberg, co-chair chapter development committee, pictures 123rf

19. 1st European
Groupwork 2015
camp in Lithuania
was hosted by a
chapter! And
supported by other
chapters...
IASWG Board meeting, Nov. 7th 2015, presented by T. Schmitz-Remberg, co-chair chapter development committee, pictures 123rf

20. 17 chapters spread the spirit of and
the knowledge about groupwork for
IASWG around the world,
emphasizing on local activities.
IASWG Board meeting, Nov. 7th 2015, presented by T. Schmitz-Remberg, co-chair chapter development committee, pictures 123rf